Washing apparatus



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June 3 1924.

J. DRAPER WASHING APPARATUS 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR ATTORNEY JZmes Draper Filed uly 15 WITNESS: Q

Patented June 3, 1924'.

UNITED STATES JAMES DRAIPER, OF SAN JUAN, PORTO R ICO.

WA SHING APPARATUS.

Application filed July 15, 1922. Serial No. 575,162.

To all whom it may concern:

;Be it known that I, JAMES DRAPER, a c1t1zen of the United States, residing at San Juan, Bayamon, Porto Rico, have invented a new and useful Improvements in Washing Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to washing apparatuses.

10 More particularly the invention relates to machines used for washing, boiling, and

rinsing clothes and the like capable of withstanding heavy internal pressure.

Some of the objects of the present inven- 1s tion are :to facilitatethe introduction of clothes to be washed into the machine and the removal thereof from the washing machine; to equip the shell of the machine which encloses the.v clothes-cylinder, with 20 doors at the opposite ends thereof, and means with which the doors may be opened and closed in unison with the introduction and removing of the clothes-cylinder; to include in the machine construction means 25 whereby the rotation of the clothes-cylinder will be made easy; to employ in conjunction with the washing machine a clothes-cylinder having traction surfaces, bogies, which embod means which co-acts with said traction ea sur aces for effecting the translation of the clothes-cylinder into the machine, and the translation of the clothes-cylinder from the machine; and with these and other objects in view, the invention resides in the par- 35 ticular combination, operation and function of the parts hereinafter fully described and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which h Figure 1 is a diagrammatic view of the apparatus of the present invention and illustrating the manner in which the clothescylinders are introduced into and removed from the shell of the washing machine.

Figure 2 is a side elevation. Figure 3 is a plan view. Figure 4: is a transverse sectional view taken on the line 44,'of Fi ure 2.

Figures 5 and 6 are deta1 views respectively of features of the door opening and 9 closing mechanism.

Referring now to Figure 1, it will be ap-.

parent that, the present apparatus will com rise, generally, a washing machine 10, and ogies 11. The machine 10 is of a type 59 having a clotiieszcylinder which is capable of being introduced into the machine 10 with the clothes therein for the washing, boilin and rinsing operations; and to be remove from the machine after the said operations. To this end means is employed on each of the bogies 11, on the said clothes-cylinder and also interiorly of the clothes-cylinder receiving shell of the machine whereb the clothes-cylinder may be rolled from a ogie into the said shell or from the said shell into a bogie. The means with which the translation of the clothes-cylinder is effected will be set forth more fully hereinafter. The machine 10 includes an outer shell 12 having doors 13, 13 at the opposite ends thereof. The shell rests on suitable supports or bearings 14. Suitable pipes are employed for introducing the cleaning agent and water as well as a suction action in carrying out the washing, boiling and rinsing operations. Arranged interiorly of the shell 12 are annular members 15 which are held against displacement by members 16 attached to the shell. Each of the members 15 is capable of rotation and actually rotates on anti-friction balls 17. Each member 15 has attached thereto rollers 18. In the present instance there are four rollers arranged in pairs diametrically opposite each other. As stated, the shell 12 has doors 13, 13 and in order that the said doors may be opened in unison mechanism, presently described, is employed. A. gear 19 rotatable on a shaft 20 mounted in suitable bearings 21, has attached thereto a suitable crank member 22. If desired the gear 19 may have connection with a pulley. An idler gear 23 is employed in mesh with the teeth of gear 19 and the teeth of a gear 24 secured to the shaft 20. This arrangement gives certain leverage and facilitates rotation of the shaft 20. The shaft 20 also has a gear 25 attached thereto which meshes with the teeth of rack members 26, 26 each of which has connected thereto a rod 27.. Each door 13 has arranged thereon in suitable bearings a bar 28 one end of which is engageable in a plate 29 while the opposite end 1s connected as-at 30 to a ivotally mounted member 31. The mem- Eers 31 are connected respectively to the rods 27 by links at 32. Each of the doors is hingedl mounted as at 33. 1

It wil now be manifest that by rotating the ar 19 and by virtue of the intervention of t e parts just mentioned, the doors may be moved to open and close the opposite ends of the shell 12, and in their closing position are held by the bars which are then in engagement with the plates The machine 10, as stated, includes a clothescylinder which is made up of a foraminated material so formed as to provide agitating members 36 of which there are four in number arranged in pairs at right angles. The said members 36 are formed to extend interiorly of the cylinder and defined ways 37 in each of which is formed traction surfaces 38. 38. The construction of the clothes cyl inder 35 therefore is such that it may be supported upon the rollers 18 carried by the annular members 15. It follows, that the clothes-cylinder 35 will not only rotate with the members 15 but that the same may be moved longitudinally with respect to the shell on the rollers 18. The clothes-cylinder is reversely rotated by the employment of a belt or cable 39 which is passed over a driven pulley 10. The belt or cable 39 passes through suitable openings in the shell 12 and in order to prevent the escape of steam and water a casing 41 is employed which encloses the leads of the belt or cable and the pulley is shown in Figure 4.

Inasmuch as the clothes-cylinder when loaded is of considerable weight it has been found necessary to employ the bogies 11'. Each bogie has rollers 4:"). The rollers are so disposed that when the bogie is brought in proper juxtaposition to the shell 12 the clothes-cylinder, as the case may be, may be rolled from'the rollers of the bogie to the rollers 18 of the members 15, or from the rollers 18 to rollers 45 of the bogie.

It will now be manifest that by reason of the utilization and employment of parts hereinbefore described the handling of the clothes for the washing thereof is facilitated, that the several operations to the clothes may be carried out effectually.

The washing, boiling and rinsing of the clothes is accomplished in part by virtue of the pipes 50, 51, 52, 53 and 54. The pipes and 51, respectively, serve for the intro duction of hot and cold water; the pipe 52 serves for the introduction of steam; the' pipe 53 isan outlet for the water and sediment; and the pipe 54 is connected to a vacuum creating device for creating a vacuum in the shell. By creating a vacuum in the shell of the machine with the washed clothes therein, the clothes will be thor oughly dried It will now be manifest that the apparw tus not only affords means for readil handling the clothes, but that rehandhng of the clothes is obviated since all of the operations to the clothes including the drying operation is done in the samemachine.

What is claimed is:

1. A washing machine comprising a shell having doors at the opposite ends thereof, bodily movable rollers on theinside of said shell, and a clothes-cylinder having traction surfaces which coact with said rollers in the movement of the clothes-cylinder into and out of said shell.

2. In a washing machine having a stationary cylinder, a foraminated clothes-cylinder, means carried by the stationary cylinder on its wall circumferentially thereof on which the clothes-cylinder rotates, said means including anti-friction devices.

3. In a washing machine having a stationary shell having closures'at the opposite ends thereof capable of being moved to render the opposite ends of the shell open, a foraminated clothes-cylinder having agitating members interiorly thereof and ways and traction surfaces, the said clothes-cylinder being rotatably mounted when disposed interiorly of said shell, and supporting means including rollers which are accommodated by said ways and traction surfaces, the rollers and traction surfaces 00- acting to allow the longitudinal movement of the clothes-cylinder with respect to the shell.

cylinder being supported on said rollers when disposed in said shell; the rollers coacting with said traction surfaces for the movement of said clothes-cylinder on said rollers. I

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature.

JAS DRAPER.

4. In a washing machine, a stationary 

